Samsara

Sr Software Engineer I/II, Operational AI

Samsara
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Remote, United States or Remote, CanadaEntry Level / Mid Level
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Base Salary

$155k - $260k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Translate customer needs into engineering plans, define useful first releases, and explain technical tradeoffs.
  • Design and ship features across backend services, APIs, and customer-facing experiences.
  • Build reusable capabilities for recurring customer needs.
  • Connect AI detections and agents with operational workflows in partnership with platform, machine learning, product, and design teams.
  • Measure detection quality and customer impact to improve AI-powered products.
  • Improve system reliability, response time, and compute cost as usage grows.
  • Own production systems through monitoring, troubleshooting, and post-launch improvements.
  • Shape architecture and technical priorities while balancing features, reliability, maintainability, and growth.
  • Support other engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and mentorship.

Requirements

  • Strong programming and system design fundamentals.
  • Experience owning software in production, making technical tradeoffs, and diagnosing complex issues.
  • Proficiency using AI coding agents for brainstorming, design, implementation, testing, rollout, and production support.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to explain technical tradeoffs and build alignment across engineering, product, and design teams.
  • Helpful experience building agentic products, developing hybrid cloud and edge solutions, or applying computer vision or large language models.

Benefits

  • Annual base salary range of $154,700—$260,000 USD, with eligibility for an initial RSU grant and ongoing performance-based refresh opportunities.
  • Performance-based bonus or variable pay and equity for eligible roles.
  • Flexible, employee-led remote model with office, hybrid, or remote options depending on operational requirements.
  • Professional development stipend, comprehensive health plans, and parental leave plans.
  • Employment is open to candidates residing in the US and Canada and is contingent on securing and maintaining legal work authorization in the specified work location.
Samsara

About Samsara

5,001-10,000 employees

Samsara builds a Connected Operations Cloud that uses IoT hardware and software to help fleets and other physical-operations organizations monitor vehicles, assets, and worksites. Its platform spans video-based driver safety, vehicle telematics, equipment monitoring, and mobile workflows, sold as subscriptions with accompanying devices. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, Samsara is a public company on the NYSE (ticker: IOT) serving transportation, construction, manufacturing, field services, and government.

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